Dear Students and Visitors: The Registration period for the Spring 2026 semester is now open. Please visit the CJS’ Courses page to view a list of courses in Jewish studies offered across the University! For more details on Jewish Language courses, visit the language pages: Jewish Languages Ladino Modern Hebrew Yiddish…
Noah Feldman Named named the Arthur Kingsley Porter University Professor
Noah Feldman has been honored with the highest faculty distinction: UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR The CJS congratulates Professor Feldman, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, chair of the Society of Fellows, founding director of the Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law, and an active member of our Executive Committee, on his appointment as Arthur Kingsley Porter University…
Upcoming Events at the CJS
We invite you to join us for these exciting talks: November 4, 4:15 pmThe Thompson Room, Barker Center 110 Steven J. Zipperstein in conversation with Rebecca Goldstein | “Philip Roth: Stung by Life” Co-sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies and the Jewish Cultures and Societies Seminar at the Mahindra Humanities center, Harvard University November…
Gazette Coverage: Michelle Goldberg in Conversation with Derek Penslar
The Harvard Gazette covers the CJS’ Doft Lecture:“Authoritarianism, Antisemitism & the Future of America” | Michelle Goldberg in Conversation with Derek Penslar On October 16 the CJS hosted New York Times Opinion Columnist Michelle Goldberg for a conversation with our Director, Professor Derek Penslar.Read The Harvard Gazette’s coverage of the event….
2026-2027 Harry Starr Fellowship in Judaica application process now open
The Harvard University Center for Jewish Studies invites applications for the 2026-2027 Harry Starr Fellowship in Judaica The Starr fellowships for 2026-27 will be available to scholars working on topics related to Jewish Philosophy. Application Deadline: Thursday, January 15, 2026 For detailed information on how to apply visit our Fellowships and Prizes page. Apply via ARIeS: Harry…
2026-2027 Daniel Jeremy Silver Fellowship application process now open
The Harvard University Center for Jewish Studies invites applications for the 2026-2027 Daniel Jeremy Silver Fellowship Applicants must be active members of the clergy who have demonstrated serious intellectual and academic ability, interest and energy in the pursuit of scholarship in Jewish studies. The Fellowship, which provides a $40,000 fellowship stipend for one semester in…
Upcoming Events at the Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law at Harvard Law School
Upcoming Events at the Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law at Harvard Law School Wednesday October 22, 4pmWasserstein 1023 Eliot WolfsonUC Santa Barbara, Emeritus “Mystical Nihilism, Theopolitics, Ethics, and the Law Beyond Law” POSTPONED! Thursday October 23, 12:15pmHauser Hall 101 THIS EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 12:15PMVIA ZOOM Yahli ShereshevskyHaifa University…
Hasia Diner | “Who Made American Judaism? A History of Ordinary Leaders”
Hasia Diner | “Who Made American Judaism? A History of Ordinary Leaders” Thursday, October 30, 2025, 4:00 pmCader Room, Swartz Hall 117, Harvard Divinity School HASIA DINER, Visiting Professor of Jewish Studies at HDS, is Professor Emerita at the Departments of History and the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University,…
Middle East Dialogues: A Conversation with Ehud Olmert
Middle East Dialogues: A Conversation with Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Thursday, October 23 at 6:00PM, JFK Jr. Forum, Harvard Kennedy School Join the Harvard Kennedy School’s Middle East Initiative (MEI) and the Institute of Politics for a conversation between MEI Faculty Chair Professor Tarek Masoud and H.E. Ehud Olmert, former Prime Minister of Israel 2006-2009. This event is…
Paul Kosmin Wins AHA Award
Paul Kosmin has been awarded the American Historical Association 2025 Prize in History Prior to CE 1000 Professor Kosmin, the Philip J. King Professor of Ancient History and Interim Chair of the Department of the Classics at Harvard University, has won the prize for his book The Ancient Shore (Harvard University Press, 2024). The prize will…